diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c9daa42..6fa2fdf 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
 - [x] show also who knows this person
 - [ ] login for different pod providers
 - [x] faster (parallel) crawling
-- [ ] search people
+- [x] search people
+  - [ ] make it more accessible and easier to navigate
 - [ ] highlight also people who know the person
 - [ ] highlight people whose button is crawled in PersonList
 - [ ] add custom starting point for crawling
diff --git a/src/components/PersonCard.tsx b/src/components/PersonCard.tsx
index 0e760ea..cc49352 100644
--- a/src/components/PersonCard.tsx
+++ b/src/components/PersonCard.tsx
@@ -10,70 +10,58 @@ interface Props {
 
 const PersonCard = ({ person, knows, known, onSelectPerson }: Props) => {
   return (
-    <div
-      style={{
-        position: 'fixed',
-        width: '100%',
-        top: '0',
-        bottom: 0,
-        pointerEvents: 'none',
-        overflowY: 'auto',
-        overflowX: 'hidden',
-      }}
-    >
-      <div className="columns mr-1 mt-6">
-        <div className="column is-one-quarter is-offset-three-quarters">
-          <div
-            className="card"
-            style={{ pointerEvents: 'all', overflowX: 'auto', width: '100%' }}
-          >
-            <header className="card-header">
-              <a className="card-header-title" href={person.uri}>
-                {person.name || person.uri}
-              </a>
-            </header>
-            {person.photo && (
-              <div className="card-image">
-                <figure className="image">
-                  <img src={person.photo} alt={person.name} />
-                </figure>
-              </div>
-            )}
-            <header className="card-header">
-              <p className="card-header-title">knows: {knows.length}</p>
-            </header>
-            <section className="card-content">
-              <ul className="buttons are-small">
-                {knows.map(friend => (
-                  <li
-                    onClick={() => onSelectPerson(friend.uri)}
-                    key={friend.uri}
-                    className="button is-link"
-                  >
-                    {friend.name}
-                  </li>
-                ))}
-              </ul>
-            </section>
-            <header className="card-header">
-              <p className="card-header-title">known by: {known.length}</p>
-            </header>
-            <section className="card-content">
-              <ul className="buttons are-small">
-                {known.map(friend => (
-                  <li
-                    onClick={() => onSelectPerson(friend.uri)}
-                    key={friend.uri}
-                    className="button is-link"
-                  >
-                    {friend.name}
-                  </li>
-                ))}
-              </ul>
-            </section>
-          </div>
+    <div className="card">
+      <header className="card-header">
+        <p className="card-header-title">
+          <a href={person.uri}>{person.name || person.uri}</a>
+        </p>
+        <button
+          className="card-header-icon"
+          aria-label="close"
+          onClick={() => onSelectPerson('')}
+        >
+          close
+        </button>
+      </header>
+      {person.photo && (
+        <div className="card-image">
+          <figure className="image">
+            <img src={person.photo} alt={person.name} />
+          </figure>
         </div>
-      </div>
+      )}
+      <header className="card-header">
+        <p className="card-header-title">knows: {knows.length}</p>
+      </header>
+      <section className="card-content">
+        <ul className="buttons are-small">
+          {knows.map(friend => (
+            <li
+              onClick={() => onSelectPerson(friend.uri)}
+              key={friend.uri}
+              className="button is-link"
+            >
+              {friend.name}
+            </li>
+          ))}
+        </ul>
+      </section>
+      <header className="card-header">
+        <p className="card-header-title">known by: {known.length}</p>
+      </header>
+      <section className="card-content">
+        <ul className="buttons are-small">
+          {known.map(friend => (
+            <li
+              onClick={() => onSelectPerson(friend.uri)}
+              key={friend.uri}
+              className="button is-link"
+            >
+              {friend.name}
+            </li>
+          ))}
+        </ul>
+      </section>
     </div>
   )
 }
diff --git a/src/components/Search.tsx b/src/components/Search.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c0b4755
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/Search.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import React from 'react'
+
+interface Props {
+  onChange: (text: string) => void
+  onSelect: (text: string) => void
+  value: string
+  options: { value: string; label: string }[]
+}
+
+const Search: React.FC<Props> = ({
+  onChange,
+  onSelect,
+  value,
+  options,
+  ...props
+}: Props) => (
+  <div {...props} className="box p-0">
+    <input
+      type="text"
+      className="input"
+      placeholder="Search"
+      value={value}
+      onChange={e => onChange(e.target.value)}
+    />
+    <div className="menu">
+      <ul className="menu-list">
+        {options.map(({ value, label }) => (
+          <li key={value} title={value}>
+            <a onClick={() => onSelect(value)}>{label}</a>
+          </li>
+        ))}
+      </ul>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+)
+
+export default Search
diff --git a/src/components/VisualizationContainer.tsx b/src/components/VisualizationContainer.tsx
index 1ed86f0..0c27347 100644
--- a/src/components/VisualizationContainer.tsx
+++ b/src/components/VisualizationContainer.tsx
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { Vector } from '../helpers/draw'
 import { Grid } from '../helpers/draw'
 import numeric from 'numeric'
 import PersonCard from './PersonCard'
+import Search from './Search'
 import { withRouter, RouteComponentProps } from 'react-router-dom'
 import { PeopleContext, Person } from './DataContainer'
 import { IriString } from '@inrupt/solid-client'
@@ -24,6 +25,31 @@ const transform = (matrix: number[][], vector: Vector): Vector => {
   return [x, y]
 }
 
+interface ICProps {
+  children: React.ReactNode
+}
+const InfoContainer = ({ children }: ICProps) => (
+  <div
+    style={{
+      position: 'fixed',
+      width: '100%',
+      top: 0,
+      bottom: 0,
+      pointerEvents: 'none',
+      overflowY: 'auto',
+      overflowX: 'hidden',
+    }}
+  >
+    <div className="columns mr-1 mt-6">
+      <div className="column is-one-quarter is-offset-three-quarters">
+        <div style={{ pointerEvents: 'all', overflowX: 'auto', width: '100%' }}>
+          {children}
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+)
+
 type VisualizationNode = {
   x: number
   y: number
@@ -154,6 +180,8 @@ const VisualizationContainer: React.FC<RouteComponentProps> = ({
     links: [],
   })
 
+  const [search, setSearch] = useState<string>('')
+
   const [highlightedNode, setHighlightedNode] = useState<string | undefined>()
 
   const people = useContext(PeopleContext)
@@ -268,16 +296,41 @@ const VisualizationContainer: React.FC<RouteComponentProps> = ({
         </title>
       </Helmet>
 
-      {person && knows && known && (
-        <PersonCard
-          person={person}
-          knows={knows}
-          known={known}
-          onSelectPerson={selectNode}
-        />
-      )}
+      <InfoContainer>
+        {person && knows && known ? (
+          <PersonCard
+            person={person}
+            knows={knows}
+            known={known}
+            onSelectPerson={selectNode}
+          />
+        ) : (
+          <Search
+            value={search}
+            onChange={setSearch}
+            options={selectSearchOptions(search, people)}
+            onSelect={selectNode}
+          />
+        )}
+      </InfoContainer>
     </>
   )
 }
 
 export default withRouter(VisualizationContainer)
+
+const selectSearchOptions = (
+  query: string,
+  people: PeopleGraph,
+): { value: string; label: string }[] => {
+  if (query.length < 2) return []
+  return Object.values(people)
+    .filter(
+      ({ name, uri }) =>
+        name.toLowerCase().includes(query.toLowerCase()) ||
+        uri.toLowerCase().includes(query.toLowerCase()),
+    )
+    .sort(({ known: a }, { known: b }) => (b?.size ?? 0) - (a?.size ?? 0))
+    .map(({ name, uri }) => ({ value: uri, label: name || uri }))
+    .slice(0, 10)
+}
diff --git a/src/index.scss b/src/index.scss
index a6489a1..1305564 100644
--- a/src/index.scss
+++ b/src/index.scss
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 @import '~bulma/sass/elements/button.sass';
 @import '~bulma/sass/grid/columns.sass';
 @import '~bulma/sass/components/card.sass';
+@import '~bulma/sass/components/menu.sass';
 
 // You can use Bulma variables from here on